WERNER ENTERPRISES INC WERN
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 950755108
American freight carrier and transportation and logistics company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryTrucking (No Local)
- HeadquartersOmaha, NE
- Founded1956
- Websitewerner.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($27.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 60.0m as of 2026-07-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $43.59. Options: 4 managers hold calls ($2.3m notional), 5 hold puts ($6.6m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 268 |
| Q4 2022 | 276 |
| Q1 2023 | 274 |
| Q2 2023 | 266 |
| Q3 2023 | 255 |
| Q4 2023 | 248 |
| Q1 2024 | 252 |
| Q2 2024 | 242 |
| Q3 2024 | 257 |
| Q4 2024 | 258 |
| Q1 2025 | 257 |
| Q2 2025 | 240 |
| Q3 2025 | 226 |
| Q4 2025 | 220 |
| Q1 2026 | 241 |
| Q2 2026 | 269 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 128 | 117 |
| Q4 2024 | 131 | 109 |
| Q1 2025 | 127 | 130 |
| Q2 2025 | 128 | 133 |
| Q3 2025 | 101 | 134 |
| Q4 2025 | 107 | 131 |
| Q1 2026 | 131 | 98 |
| Q2 2026 | 164 | 104 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $239.2k | $294.5k | 1.23 |
| Q4 2025 | $222.1k | $3.0k | 0.01 |
| Q1 2026 | $244.1k | $1.5m | 6.27 |
| Q2 2026 | $2.3m | $6.6m | 2.92 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +1.6m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +1.3m |
| Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. | Added | +812.8k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | Added | +607.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +597.6k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Added | +439.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +361.6k |
| BEACONLIGHT CAPITAL, LLC | New | +276.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +239.3k |
| ESSEX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC | New | +231.6k |
Biggest sellers
| NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -1.1m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.0m |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Reduced | -510.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -361.8k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | Sold out | -315.5k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. | Sold out | -151.5k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -135.9k |
| Longaeva Partners L.P. | Sold out | -133.7k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | Reduced | -121.8k |
Biggest calls
| CastleKnight Management LP | New | $1.3m30.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $370.7k8.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $348.9k8.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $244.2k5.6k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $2.8m64.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $2.4m54.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $811.1k18.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $649.8k14.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $26.2k600 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-07-17 | 14.4% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution -1.7 pts · filed 2026-08-06 | 6.3% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.9% |
| AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-14 | 5.1% |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.1% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC (4.7%, 2026-02-11), FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS LP (0.3%, 2026-01-30)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 6 | $12.7k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 6 | $11.1k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 6 | $10.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 6 | $11.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $99.3k | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $41.0k | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | SCHELBLE JIM S Exec VP & Chief Admin Officer | Sold | $41.0k933 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.4m $453.8m | Added +1.6m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.8m $167.3m | Added +41.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.8m $164.2m | Reduced -1.0m |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.7m $162.4m | Added +198.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.0m $132.9m | Added +361.6k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 2.19% of their portfolio | 3.0m $130.4m | Reduced -64.0k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7m $117.9m | Added +102.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6m $115.0m | Added +79.1k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.1m $92.2m | Added +192.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.0m $87.0m | Reduced -361.8k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.27% of their portfolio | 1.7m $74.9m | Added +607.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $71.0m | Added +1.3m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $70.0m | Added +102.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $66.2m | Added +22.1k |
| Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. 1.17% of their portfolio | 1.4m $59.6m | Added +812.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $57.5m | Reduced -135.9k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $48.5m | Reduced -4.1k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 874.9k $38.2m | Added +102.1k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 873.3k $38.1m | Added +89.3k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 872.5k $38.1m | Added +8.9k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 821.0k $35.8m | Reduced -1.1m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 778.0k $33.9m | Reduced -54.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 750.1k $32.7m | Added +239.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 695.3k $30.3m | Added +597.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 641.1k $28.0m | Added +176.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 639.2k $27.9m | Added +55.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 620.4k $27.1m | Added +27.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 597.2k $26.0m | Added +106.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 577.3k $25.2m | Added +28.7k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 565.9k $24.7m | Added +439.7k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 1.36% of their portfolio | 491.5k $21.5m | Added +48.1k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 427.6k $18.6m | Reduced -18.0k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 425.4k $18.6m | Added +3.8k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 404.3k $17.6m | Added +15.9k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 393.1k $17.1m | Added +83.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 384.5k $16.8m | Added +12.9k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 307.6k $13.3m | Added +51.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 290.3k $12.7m | Reduced -956 |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 287.9k $12.6m | Added +3.8k |
| Meros Investment Management, LP 3.87% of their portfolio | 279.9k $12.2m | Added +149.7k |
| BEACONLIGHT CAPITAL, LLC 5.30% of their portfolio | 276.0k $12.0m | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 261.7k $11.4m | Added +103.5k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 256.2k $11.2m | Added +69.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 231.7k $10.1m | Reduced -26.7k |
| ESSEX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC 1.32% of their portfolio | 231.6k $10.1m | New |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.02% of their portfolio | 205.9k $9.0m | Reduced -8.3k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 204.8k $8.9m | Reduced -3.8k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.09% of their portfolio | 198.3k $8.6m | Reduced -16.0k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 193.1k $8.4m | Added +49.9k |
| NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.41% of their portfolio | 189.9k $8.3m | Reduced -1.3m |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 175.4k $7.7m | Reduced -510.3k |
| CAXTON ASSOCIATES LLP 0.14% of their portfolio | 165.9k $7.2m | Added +89.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 157.1k $6.9m | Reduced -11.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 151.4k $6.6m | Reduced -72.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 147.2k $6.4m | Reduced -89 |
| DEAN INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 145.6k $6.3m | Added +86.6k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 136.0k $5.9m | Reduced -32.2k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 135.8k $5.9m | Reduced -68.6k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 122.0k $5.3m | Unchanged |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 120.9k $5.3m | Added +108.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.3k $5.2m | Added +2.3k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 110.8k $4.8m | New |
| Dean Capital Management 1.67% of their portfolio | 105.6k $4.6m | Added +64.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.2k $4.5m | Added +5.5k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 97.5k $4.3m | Added +56.9k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.5k $4.3m | Added +33.2k |
| Legato Capital Management LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 97.4k $4.2m | Added +75.9k |
| Moody Aldrich Partners LLC 0.75% of their portfolio | 95.9k $4.2m | Added +23.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.0k $4.1m | Added +13.5k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.0k $3.8m | Added +3.1k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 87.8k $3.8m | New |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 76.1k $3.3m | New |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 74.1k $3.2m | New |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.1k $3.1m | Added +32.0k |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 72.1k $3.1m | Reduced -46.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.1k $3.1m | Reduced -1.8k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.01% of their portfolio | 69.4k $3.0m | Reduced -158 |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.8k $3.0m | Reduced -11.8k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.0k $2.9m | Added +3.8k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.6k $2.9m | Added +55.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.0k $2.8m | Added +9.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.6k $1.9m | Added +13.4k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 60.7k $2.6m | Reduced -121.8k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.2k $2.6m | Added +38.2k |
| New Age Alpha Advisors, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 58.3k $2.5m | New |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.7k $2.5m | Reduced -17.0k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 57.4k $2.5m | Added +1.8k |
| ROWLANDMILLER & PARTNERS.ADV 0.45% of their portfolio | 57.2k $2.5m | Reduced -4.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.5k $2.5m | Added +653 |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.3k $2.5m | Added +5.8k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.1k $2.4m | Added +30.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.7k $2.4m | Added +43.4k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.2k $2.3m | New |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.1k $2.3m | Added +24.9k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.5k $2.2m | Reduced -2.1k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 47.9k $2.1m | Added +34.8k |
| Jupiter Topco LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.6k $2.0m | First filing |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.4k $2.0m | New |
| MIRABELLA FINANCIAL SERVICES LLP 0.18% of their portfolio | 43.0k $1.9m | Added +26.7k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.6k $1.9m | New |